<div dir="ltr">I like the Cafe Scientifique and Science Cafe concepts - I'm a fan of anything that encourages science literacy or critical thinking.<br><br>But I'm having trouble seeing how this is "a good fit for the aims of Linux Australia". <a href="http://linux.org.au/projects/grants">http://linux.org.au/projects/grants</a> has some details on some of the criteria the request should meet to be considered, starting with being "for the good of a project that relates to Linux or Open Source". I certainly think that encouraging science literacy benefits every aspect of life, but I'm having trouble making a direct connection to Linux or Open Source.<div><br></div><div>I'd really like to see this sponsorship happen, but I'm having trouble seeing how it fits within the usual scope of the grants program.</div><div><br></div><div>Would you be able to address some of the points from the Grants page to add some more detail about how this fits?</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:19 AM Russell Coker <<a href="mailto:russell@coker.com.au">russell@coker.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I would like to start a Melbourne version of the "Science Cafe" project. That<br>
involves arranging meetings of scientists and people who are interested in<br>
science to chat informally at cafes etc.<br>
<br>
I need a mailing list. I think that as it's a non-free project based around<br>
science it's a good fit for the aims of Linux Australia and running another<br>
mailing list is a very easy form of sponsorship. So I'd like to use a mailing<br>
list on the LA server. A possible mailing list name would be science-cafe-<br>
melb.<br>
<br>
Also if things go well in this regard I'll eventually setup a Meetup group.<br>
If that happens would LA be willing to sponsor the Meetup fees and have official<br>
ownership of the Meetup account? I don't want this to be something that I<br>
personally do, I want it to be easily passed on to other people who have more<br>
time and energy when appropriate.<br>
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Here's the background:<br>
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The Science Cafe idea has been implemented in different ways in various places.<br>
The people who started it favored a very decentralised model so there isn't<br>
even a clear definition of it apart from being generally involving people<br>
talking about science, usually scientists talking to random people who want to<br>
learn in a cafe or other similar public place. I'm initially planning to talk<br>
to my contacts in medical research but it would be good if other people can<br>
find scientists willing to get involved.<br>
<br>
If anyone from Melbourne wants to get involved then let me know by private<br>
mail and I'll put you in contact with the other people. If anyone wants to do<br>
something in another region then I guess this list could be used to start the<br>
discussion.<br>
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<a href="http://www.inspiring-australia.com.au/category/cafe-scientifique/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.inspiring-australia.com.au/category/cafe-scientifique/</a><br>
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The above URL has information on what they are doing in QLD. Small amounts of<br>
money are available to help people who want to run similar events.<br>
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<a href="http://www.scitech.org.au/events/all/1740-science-cafe" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.scitech.org.au/events/all/1740-science-cafe</a><br>
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The above URL has information about an event in Perth for year 9-11 kids.<br>
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I didn't put much effort into finding out what's going on in other states, the<br>
fact that nothing is happening in Melbourne is all that's really of interest<br>
to me.<br>
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